Introduction
Military Divisions:
Military Division of the West
Departments:
Alabama / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee
No 1 / Alabama and East Mississippi / Alabama Central / East Tennessee and West Virginia / First Geographical Division / the Indian Territory / Kentucky, Western / Mississippi and East / Eastern Louisiana / North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Virginia, Alexandria / Virginia, Northern / Virginia, the Peninsula / Virginia, the Potomac / South Carolina and Georgia / South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida / South Carolina, Georgia and Florida / Tennessee, East / Tennessee and Georgia / Trans-Allegheny / Trans-Mississippi / Virginia, Fredericksburg / Virginia, Henrico / Virginia, Norfolk / Virginia, Richmond / Virginia, Southern / Virginia, Southwestern / Western, Texas
Districts, Sub-Districts, Defences etc:
Alabama / Arizona / Arkansas / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Missouri / North Carolina / South Carolina / Texas
Alabama, North – Northern / Alabama and West Florida / Arkansas and West Louisiana / Arkansas, Upper / Florida, East / Florida, Middle / Florida, Middle and East / Eastern
Florida, West / Georgia, Northern / Georgia, Savannah / Louisiana, West / Mississippi and East Louisiana / Mississippi and East Louisiana – One / Mississippi and East Louisiana – Two / Mississippi and East Louisiana – Three / Mississippi and East Louisiana – Four / Mississippi and East Louisiana – Five / Mississippi, Northern / Mississippi, Southwest /
North Carolina, Albemarle / North Carolina, Cape Fear / North Carolina, Pamlico / North Carolina, Roanoke Island / North Carolina, Western / North Carolina and Southern Virginia – First / North Carolina and Southern Virginia – Second / North Carolina and Southern Virginia -Third / North Mississippi and West Tennessee / South Carolina – First / South Carolina – Second / South Carolina – Third / South Carolina – Fourth / South Carolina – Fifth / South Carolina -Sixth / South Carolina – Seventh / Mississippi, Vicksburg / Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana / Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana – First / Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana – Second / Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana -Third / Tennessee, East / Tennessee, Middle / Tennessee, West / Texas – First / Texas – Second / Texas, New Mexico and Arizona / Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – Third / Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – Eastern / Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – Northern / Texas, Eastern / Texas, Galveston / Texas, Houston / Texas, Pass Cavallo / Texas, Rio Grande / Texas, Western / Virginia, Abingdon / Virginia, Aquia / Virginia, Harper’s Ferry / Virginia, Lewisburg / Virginia, Petersburg / Virginia, the Potomac / Western Texas, Eastern / Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana /
The Cape Fear River and Wilmington / the Gulf / the Indian Territory / the Mississippi / the Tennessee / the Trans-Mississippi / the Valley
Armies
Central Kentucky / East Tennessee / Eastern Kentucky / the Kanawha / Kentucky / Liberation / Middle Tennessee / Mississippi / Mobile / New Mexico / Northern Virginia / the Northwest / the Peninsula / Pensacola / the Potomac / the Shenandoah / the South / Southwest / Tennessee / Trans-Mississippi / the Valley / the West – Western / West Tennessee
Part 1a: List of Military Divisions and Equivalent Organisations, in order of formation
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE WEST
Military Division of the West November 4 1862-December 16 1863, October 3 1864-December 16 1864
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (November 4 1862-December 16 1863), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (October 3 1864-December 16 1864)
Part 1b: List of Major departments, in alphabetical order
DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA (AND ALABAMA)
District of the Mississippi July 2 1862-October 1 1862,
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana October 1 1862-January 28 1864,
Department of Alabama and East Mississippi January 28 1864-August 15 1864,
Department of Alabama, Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana August 15 1864-May 4 1865
Earl Van Dorn (July 2 1862-September 5 1862), Daniel Ruggles (temporary September 5 1862-October 1 1862), Earl Van Dorn (interim October 1 1862-October 14 1862), John Clifford Pemberton (October 1 1862-July 4 1863), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (July 4 1863-August 21 interim August 24 1863), William Joseph Hardee (August 21 1863-December 2 1863), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (temporary December 2 1863-December 16 1863-December 22 1863 interim December 23 1863), Leonidas Polk (December 22 1863-May 4 1864 interim May 9 1864), Stephen Dill Lee (May 4 1864-July 26 1864), Dabney Herndon Maury (July 26 1864-August 15 1864 interim August 15 1864-September 6 1864), Richard Taylor (August 15 1864-May 4 1865)
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA (AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA)
Department of North Carolina April 22 1861-September 19 1862,
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia September 19 1862-February 26 1863,
Department of North Carolina February 26 1863-May 28 1863,
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia May 28 1863-April 26 1865
Theophilus Hunter Holmes (April 22 1861-August 19 1861 interim August 20 1861), Richard Caswell Gatlin (August 19 1861-March 15 1862 interim March 19 1862), Joseph Reid Anderson (March 15 1862-March 24 1862 interim March 24 1862), Theophilus Hunter Holmes (March 24 1862-June 2 1862), James Green Martin (June 2 1862-July 17 1862), Daniel Harvey Hill (July 17 1862-September 19 1862), Gustavus Woodson Smith (September 19 1862-February 17 1863), Daniel Harvey Hill (temporary January 14 1863-February 17 1863), Samuel Gibbs French (temporary February 17 1863-February 23 1863), Daniel Harvey Hill (temporary February 23 1863-February 26 1863), James Longstreet (February 26 1863-May 28 1863), Daniel Harvey Hill (May 28 1863-July 1 1863), Samuel Gibbs French (temporary July 1 863-July 14 1863), William Henry Chase Whiting (July 14 1863-September 23 1863 interim September 24 1863), George Edward Pickett (September 23 1863-April 18 1864 interim May 10 1864), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (April 18 1864-may 14 1864), William Henry Chase Whiting (temporary May 14 1864-May 20 1864), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 20 1864-September 27 1864), William Henry Chase Whiting (September 27 1864-November 11 1864 interim November 17 1864), Braxton Bragg (November 11 1864-March 6 1865), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (March 6 1865-April 26 1865)
DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA (AND FLORIDA)
Forces in Charleston March 3 1861-May 27 1861,
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida November 5 1861-March 13 1862,
Department of South Carolina and Georgia March 13 1862-October 7 1862,
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida October 7 1862-April 26 1865
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (March 3 1861-May 27 1861), Robert Edward Lee (November 5 1861-March 13 1862), John Clifford Pemberton (March 13 1862-August 29 1862 interim September 24 1862), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (August 29 1862-April 20 1864), Samuel Jones (April 20 1864-September 28 1864 interim October 2 1864), William Joseph Hardee (September 28 1864-February 22 1865 interim February 25 1865), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 22 1865-April 26 1865)
WESTERN DEPARTMENT / DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE (AND GEORGIA)
Western Department (Department No 2) June 25 1861-July 25 1863,
Department of Tennessee July 25 1863-August 15 1864,
Department of Tennessee and Georgia August 15 1864-April 26 1865
Leonidas Polk (June 25 1861-September 10 1861), Albert Sidney Johnston (September 10 1861-April 6 1862), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (April 6 1862-June 20 1862 interim June 27 1862), Braxton Bragg (June 20 1862-October 24 1862), Leonidas Polk (temporary |October 24 1862-November 3 1862), Braxton Bragg (November 3 1862-December 16 1863 interim December 22 1863), Leonidas Polk (interim December 22 1863-December 27 1863), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (December 16 1863-July 18 1864), John Bell Hood (July 18 1864-January 23 1865), Richard Taylor (temporary January 23 1865-February 22 1865 interim February 25 1865), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 22 1865-March 27 1865), Thomas Howell Cobb (March 27 1865-April 20 1865), Vacant (April 20 1865-April 26 1865)
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT
Department of Texas April 11 1861-May 26 1862,
Trans-Mississippi Department May 26 1862-May 26 1865
Earl Van Dorn (April 11 1861-August 14 1861 interim September 4 1861), Henry Eustace McCulloch (temporary September 4 1861-September 18 1861), Paul Octave Hébert (August 14 1861-July 18 1862 interim July 30 1862), Theophilus Hunter Holmes (July 18 1862-January 14 1863 interim January 17 1863), Edmund Kirby Smith (January 14 1863-April 19 1865), Simon Bolivar Buckner (temporary April 19 1865-April 22 1865), Edmund Kirby Smith (April 22 1865-May 26 1865)
DEPARTMENT OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Department of Alexandria April 24 1861-May 31 1861,
Department of the Potomac May 31 1861-October 22 1861,
Department of Northern Virginia October 22 1861-April 9 1865
Philip St George Cocke (April 24 1861-May 21 1861), Milledge Luke Bonham (May 21 1861-May 31 1861 interim June 2 1861), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 31 1861-July 20 1861), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (July 20 1861-May 31 1862), Gustavus Woodson Smith (temporary May 31 1862-June 1 1862), Robert Edward Lee (June 11 862-April 9 1865)
Part 3: List of minor departments districts, sub-districts, and Equivalent Organisations, in order of State / Territory and then by order of formation
ALABAMA
District of Alabama September 12 1861-January 27 1862,
District of North Alabama February 22 1862-June 27 1862,
District of Northern Alabama February 6 1864-March 11 1865
Jones Mitchell Withers (September 12 1861-January 27 1862), Daniel Ruggles (February 22 1862-June 27 1862), Jones Mitchell Withers (February 6 1864-July 27 1864), Daniel Weisiger Adams (July 27 1864-September 24 1864), Philip Dale Roddey (September 24 1864-March 11 1865)
Gulf District July 2 1862-May 2 1865
John Horace Forney (July 2 1862-November 4 1862), Dabney Herndon Maury (November 4 1862-December 8 1862), William Whann Mackall (temporary December 8 1862-December 14 1862 interim December 23 1862 interim December 23 1862), Simon Bolivar Buckner (December 14 1862-April 27 1863), Franklin Gardner (temporary April 27 1863-May 1 1863), Dabney Herndon Maury (May 1 1863-July 26 1864), Franklin Gardner (July 26 1864-August 15 1864), Dabney Herndon Maury (August 15 1864-November 22 1864), Daniel Leadbetter (November 22 1864-December 12 1864), Dabney Herndon Maury (December 12 1864-May 2 1865)
District of Central Alabama September 24 1864-March 11 1865,
District of Alabama March 11 1865-May 4 1865
Daniel Weisiger Adams (September 24 1864-May 4 1865)
ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI
District of Upper Arkansas June 25 1861-January 10 1862,
Trans-Mississippi District January 10 1862-August 20 1862,
District of Missouri August 20 1862-September 28 1862
William Joseph Hardee (June 25 1861-January 10 1862), Earl Van Dorn January 10 1862-May 26 1862 interim May 31 1862), Thomas Carmichael Hindman (May 26 1862-July 2 1862), Vacant (July 3 1862-August 20 1862), Sterling Price (August 20 1862-September 28 1862)
Forces in Arkansas May 11 1862-May 26 1862,
District of Arkansas May 28 1862-April 19 1865,
District of Arkansas and West Louisiana April 19 1865-May 26 1865
John Selden Roane (May 26 1862-May 28 1862), Thomas Carmichael Hindman (May 28 1862-March 7 1863), Theophilus Hunter Holmes (March 7 1863-July 24 1863), Sterling Price (July 24 1863-September 25 1863), Theophilus Hunter Holmes (September 25 1863-March 11 1864 interim March 16 1864), Sterling Price (March 16 1864-August 1 1864), Thomas James Churchill (August 1 1864-August 4 1864), John Bankhead Magruder (August 4 1864-January 29 1865), Mosby Monroe Parsons (temporary January 29 1865-January 31 1865), John Bankhead Magruder (January 31 1865-February 15 1865), Mosby Monroe Parsons (February 15 1865-March 8 1865), Sterling Price (March 8 1865-march 12 1865), Mosby Monroe Parsons (March 12 1865-March 31 1865), James Fleming Fagan (March 31 1865-April 19 1865), Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 19 1865-May 26 1865)
FLORIDA
Department of West Florida March 7 1861-October 7 1861,
Department of Alabama and West Florida October 7 1861-June 29 1862,
District of West Florida October 7 1862-February 23 1864
Braxton Bragg (March 7 1861-April 2 1862), Samuel Jones (April 2 1862-April 28 1862), John Horace Forney (temporary April 28 1862-June 29 1862), John Horace Forney (October 7 1862-February 23 1864)
Department of Middle and Eastern Florida August 20 1861-November 5 1861,
District of Middle and East Florida November 5 1861-March 13 1862,
Department of Middle and Eastern Florida March 13 1862-October 7 1862,
District of Middle and East Florida October 7 1862-November 4 1862,
District of East Florida November 4 1862-February 23 1864,
District of Florida February 23 1864-April 26 1865
John Breckinridge Grayson (August 20 1861-October 10 1861 interim October 20 1861), vacant (October 21 1861), James Heyward Trapier (October 22 1861-November 14 1861), William Montgomery Gardner (November 14 1861-March 13 1862), James Heyward Trapier (March 13 1862-March 19 1862 interim April 1 1862), William Scott Dilworth (temporary March 19 1862-April 8 1862 interim April 18 1862), Joseph Finegan (April 8 1862-February 23 1864), James Patton Anderson (February 23 1864-August 30 1864), John King Jackson (August 30 1864-December 31 1864 interim February 2 1865), Samuel Jones (December 31 1864-April 26 1865)
District of Middle Florida November 4 1862-February 23 1864
Thomas Howell Cobb (November 4 1862-August 7 1863 interim August 12 1863), Joseph Finegan (August 7 1863-October 6 1863 interim November 11 1863), William Montgomery Gardner (October 6 1863-February 23 1864)
GEORGIA
Defences of Savannah, Georgia (1) April 13 1861-October 26 1861,
Department of Georgia October 26 1861-March 13 1862,
District of Georgia March 13 1862-April 10 1865
Alexander Robert Lawton (April 13 1861-December 28 1862), Hugh Weedon Mercer (December 28 1862-November 11 1863 interim June 18 1864), Henry Rootes Jackson (November 11 1863-September 28 1864), Thomas Howell Cobb (September 28 1864-January 21 1865), Daniel Harvey Hill (January 21 1865-April 10 1865)
Defences of Savannah, Georgia (2) August 31 1863-December 17 1864
Jeremy Francis Gilmer (August 31 1863-April 1 1864), Samuel Jones (April 1 1864-May 18 1864), Lafayette McLaws (May 18 1864-December 17 1864)
Sub-District of Northern Georgia January 20 1865-April 26 1865
William Tatum Wofford (January 20 1865-April 26 1865)
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE
District of East Tennessee July 26 1861-February 25 1862,
Department of East Tennessee February 25 1862-July 25 1863,
District of East Tennessee July 25 1863-May 2 1864
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (July 26 1861-November 11 1861 interim to December 8 1861), George Bibb Crittenden (November 11 1861-February 25 1862), Edmund Kirby Smith (February 25 1862-August 24 1862 interim September 1 1862), John Porter McCown (August 24 1862-September 19 1862 interim September 23 1862) Samuel Jones (September 19 1862-September 27 1862), Samuel Jones (September 27 1862-October 20 1862), Edmund Kirby Smith (October 20 1862-November 4 1862), Edmund Kirby Smith (November 4 1862-November 11 1862), Henry Heth (November 11 1862-December 23 1862), Edmund Kirby Smith (December 23 1862-January 17 1863) William George Mackey Davis (temporary January 17 1863-February 4 1863), Daniel Smith Donelson (January 17 1863-February 15 1863 interim April 17 1863), Vacant April 17 1863-April 25 1863), Dabney Herndon Maury (February 15 1863-April 27 1863 interim May 12 1863), Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 27 1863-June 26 1863), William Preston (temporary June 26 1863-July 25 1863), Simon Bolivar Buckner (temporary July 25 1863-September 3 1863), Samuel Jones (temporary September 3 1863-December 3 1863), James Longstreet (December 3 1863-March 8 1864), Simon Bolivar Buckner (temporary March 8 1864-March 18 1864), James Longstreet (March 18 1864-April 7 1864 interim April 12 1864), Simon Bolivar Bucker (April 7 1864-April 22 1864), Vacant (April 23 1864-May 2 1864)
First Geographical Division September 2 1861-March 5 1862
Leonidas Polk (September 2 1861-March 5 1862)
District of Middle Tennessee September 27 1862-November 20 1862
Samuel Jones (September 27 1862-November 20 1862)
District of West Tennessee November 14 1863-January 15 1865
Nathan Bedford Forrest (November 14 1863-January 15 1865)
Department of Western Kentucky September 6 1864-March 25 1865,
Department of Kentucky March 25 1865-May 4 1865
Adam Rankin Johnson (September 6 1864-September 26 1864), Hylan Benton Lyon (September 26 1864-May 4 1865)
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
Forces in New Orleans, Louisiana (“Army of Louisiana”) February 22 1861-August 14 1861
Braxton Bragg (February 22 1861-August 14 1861)
Department of Louisiana February 22 1861-April 17 1861,
District of Louisiana April 17 18161-May 27 1861,
Department No 1 May 27 1861-June 25 1862,
District of West Louisiana August 20 1862-April 19 1865
Braxton Bragg (February 22 1861-March 22 1861), David Emanuel Twiggs (March 22 1861-April 16 1861), Paul Octave Hébert (April 16 1861-April 17 1861), David Emanuel Twiggs (April 17 1861-October 7 1861 interim October 18 1861, Mansfield Lovell (October 7 1861-June 20 1862), Earl Van Dorn (June 20 1862-June 25 1862), Richard Taylor (August 20 1862-June 10 1864), John George Walker (June 10 1864-August 4 1864), Simon Bolivar Buckner (August 4 1864-March 30 1865), John George Walker (March 30 1865-April 19 1865)
District of Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana May 26 1862-October 1 1862
Earl Van Dorn (May 26 1862-September 4 1862), Vacant (September 5 1862-October 1 1862)
First Sub-District of Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana June 26 1862-October 1 1862,
District One of Mississippi and East Louisiana October 21 1862-September 2 1863
Daniel Ruggles (June 26 1862-September 4 1862), Vacant (September 5 1862-October 1 1862), Daniel Ruggles (October 21 1862-September 2 1863)
Second Sub-District of Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana June 26 1862-October 1 1862,
District Three (Port Hudson District) of Mississippi and East Louisiana October 21 1862-July 9 1863
William Nelson Rector Beall (June 26 1862-October 1 1862, October 21 1862-December 28 1862), Franklin Gardner (December 28 1862-July 9 1863)
Third Sub-District of Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana June 26 1862-October 1 1862,
District Two of Mississippi and East Louisiana October 21 1862-September 2 1863
Martin Luther Smith (June 26 1862-October 1 1862, October 21 1862-December 1 1862), Carter Littlepage Stevenson (December 1 1862-July 4 1863), Vacant (July 4 1863-September 2 1863)
District of the Tennessee July 21 1862-July 22 1863
Sterling Price (July 21 1862-September 27 1862), John Porter McCown (September 27 1862-February 23 1863), John King Jackson (February 23 1863-July 22 1863)
Defences of Vicksburg, Mississippi December 28 1862-July 4 1863
Martin Luther Smith (December 28 1862-July 4 1863)
District Five of Mississippi and East Louisiana March 9 1863-September 2 186
James Ronald Chalmers (March 9 1863-September 2 1863)
District Four of Mississippi and East Louisiana April 1 1863-September 2 1863
John Adams (April 1 1863-September 2 1863)
District of Mississippi and East Louisiana March 5 1864-January 25 1865,
District of Mississippi, East Louisiana and West Tennessee January 25 1865-February 3 1865,
District of Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana February 3 1865-May 4 1865
Thomas Hart Taylor (March 5 1864-April 5 1864), John S Scott (April 5 1864-August 2 1864), St John Richardson Liddell (August 2 1864-August 4 1864 interim August 25 1864), George Baird Hodge (August 4 1864-August 15 1864), St John Richardson Liddell (interim August 15 1864-August 25 1864), George Baird Hodge (August 15 1864-September 24 1864 interim October 6 1864), Franklin Gardner (September 24 1864-October 3 1864), George Baird Hodge (interim October 3 1864-October 6 1864), Franklin Gardner (October 3 1864-January 15 1865), William Thompson Martin (January 15 1865-January 25 1865), Nathan Bedford Forrest (January 25 1865-February 3 1865), Daniel Weisiger Adams (February 3 1865-March 14 1865), George Baird Hodge (March 14 1865-April 1 1865), William Feimster Tucker (April 1 1865-May 4 1865)
Sub-District of Southwest Mississippi September 24 1864-May 4 1865
George Baird Hodge (September 24 1864-March 15 1865), Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (March 15 1865-April 9 1865, Vacant (April 9 1865-May 4 1865)
Sub-District of Northern Mississippi November 6 1864-February 3 1865,
District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee February 3 1865-May 4 1865
William Wirt Adams (November 6 1864-February 3 1865), Marcus Joseph Wright (February 3 1865-May 4 1865)
NORTH CAROLINA
Defences of North Carolina April 22 1861-October 1 1861,
District of Cape Fear October 1 1861-August 18 1862,
Sub-District of Cape Fear August 18 1862-July 14 1863,
District of the Cape Fear River and the Defences of Wilmington September 26 1863-April 18 1864,
Third District of North Carolina and Southern Virginia May 20 1864-January 15 1865
Theophilus Hunter Holmes (April 22 1861-September 3 1861 interim September 24 1861), Joseph Reid Anderson (September 3 1861-October 1 1861), Theophilus Hunter Holmes (September 3 1861 interim 24 September 1861), Joseph Reid Anderson (September 3 1861-March 15 1862 interim March 22 1862), Samuel Gibbs French (March 15 1862-July 17 1862), William Henry Chase Whiting (July 17 1862-September 19 1862), Samuel Gibbs French (September 19 1862-November 8 1862 interim November 17 1862), William Henry Chase Whiting (November 8 1862-July 14 1863), William Henry Chase Whiting (September 26 1863-April 18 1864, William Henry Chase Whiting (May 20 1864-January 15 1865)
District of Pamlico September 29 1861-August 18 1862,
District of North Carolina August 18 1862-September 19 1862
Daniel Harvey Hill (September 29 1861-November 16 1861), Lawrence O’Bryan Branch (November 16 1861-March 17 1862 interim March 18 1862), Samuel Gibbs French (March 17 1862-March 19 1862), Robert Ransom (temporary March 19 1862-August 18 1862), James Green Martin (August 18 1862-September 19 1862)
District of Albemarle December 21 1861-February 23 1862
Henry Alexander Wise (December 21 1861-February 23 1862)
District of Roanoke Island January 22 1862-August 18 1862
Henry Alexander Wise (January 22 1862-February 9 1862), Henry Marchmore Shaw (February 9 1862-August 18 1862)
District of Western North Carolina September 18 1863-April 26 1865
Robert Brank Vance (September 18 1863-November 18 1863), Joseph Benjamin Palmer (November 18 1863-December 4 1863), Robert Brank Vance (December 4 1863-January 14 1864), James Green Martin (January 14 1864-April 26 1865)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Department of South Carolina March 3 1861-November 5 1861,
District of South Carolina November 5 1861-April 26 1865
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (March 3 1861-May 27 1861), Daniel Harvey Hill (May 27 1861-August 20 1861), Roswell Sabine Ripley (August 20 1861-October 12 1864), Samuel Jones (October 12 1864-April 26 1865)
First Sub-District of South Carolina December 10 1861-April 26 1865
Arthur Middleton Manigault (December 10 1861-October 7 1862), States Rights Gist (October 7 1862-October 16 1862), Roswell Sabine Ripley (October 16 1862-March 21 1864), Nathan George Evans (March 21 1864-October 17 1864), James Heyward Trapier (October 17 1864-April 26 1865)
Second Sub-District of South Carolina December 10 1861-May 1 1865
Roswell Sabine Ripley (December 10 1861-May 26 1862) Nathan George Evans (interim May 26 1862-May 28 1862), Hugh Weedon Mercer (May 26 1862-July 19 1862), Johnson Hagood (July 19 1862-March 14 1863), James Heyward Trapier (March 14 1863-October 16 1863), Beverley Holcombe Robertson (October 16 1863-December 28 1863), Johnson Hagood (December 28 1863-May 6 1864), Beverley Holcombe Robertson (May 6 1864-October 17 1864), Nathan George Evans (October 17 1864-November 5 1864 interim November 22 1864), Robert Ransom (November 5 1864-April 26 1865), Vacant (April 26 1865-April 26 1865), Vacant (April 26 1865-May 1 1865
Third Sub-District of South Carolina December 10 1861-April 26 1865
Roswell Sabine Ripley (temporary December 110 1861-December 18 1861), Nathan George Evans (December 18 1861-May 28 1862), William Stephen Walker (May 28 1862-May 8 1864 interim May 16 1864), Thomas Jordan (May 8 1864-August 1 1864), Lafayette McLaws (August 1 1864-October 17 1864), William Booth Taliaferro (October 17 1864-April 26 1865)
Fourth Sub-District of South Carolina December 10 1861-November 23 1864
John Clifford Pemberton (December 10 1861-March 19 1862), Maxcy Gregg (March 19 1862-May 6 18620, William Stephen Walker (May 6 1862-May 28 1862), Thomas Fenwick Drayton (May 28 1862-July 19 1862), William Stephen Walker (July 19 1862-November 6 1862), James Heyward Trapier (November 6 1862-July 19 1864), Roswell Sabine Ripley (July 19 1864-October 17 1864), Beverley Holcombe Robertson (October 17 1864-November 29 1864)
Fifth Sub-District of South Carolina December 10 1861-May 6 1862, October 22 1863-May 23 1864, October 17 1864-April 26 1865
Thomas Fenwick Drayton (December 10 1861-March 19 1862), Daniel Smith Donelson (March 19 1862-May 6 1862), Alfred Moore Rhett (October 22 1863-May 23 1864), Lafayette McLaws (October 17 1864-January 23 1865), Vacant (January 23 1865-April 10 1865), Lafayette McLaws (April 10 1865-April 26 1865)
Sixth Sub-District of South Carolina March 19 1862-May 28 1862, October 22 1863-October 17 1864
Thomas Fenwick Drayton (March 19 1862-May 28 1862), Henry Alexander Wise (October 22 1863-October 17 1864)
Seventh Sub-District of South Carolina October 22 1863-October 17 1864
William Booth Taliaferro (October 22 1863-February 20 1864), Johnson Hagood (February 20 1864-May 6 1864), William Booth Taliaferro (May 6 1864-October 17 1864)
TEXAS
Defences of Galveston, Texas June 25 1861-October 2 1861,
District of Galveston, Texas October 2 1861-February 25 1862,
Sub-District of Galveston, Texas February 25 1862-May 28 1862
John Creed Moore (June 25 1861-December 7 1861 interim December 10 1861), Ebenezer B Nichols (December 7 1861-May 28 1862)
Defences of Pass Cavallo, Texas October 26 1861-November 27 1863
John W Glenn (October 26 1861-November 27 1863)
Western District of Texas December 3 1861-May 26 1865
Henry Eustace McCulloch (December 3 1861-June 23 1863), Hamilton Prioleau Bee (June 23 1863-June 26 1864), Thomas Fenwick Drayton (June 26 1864-October 25 1864), James Edwin Slaughter (October 25 1864-May 26 1865)
District of Houston, Texas January 3 1862-February 25 1862,
Sub-District of Houston, Texas February 25 1862-May 26 1865
John Creed Moore (January 3 1862-May 26 1862), John C Bowen (May 26 1862-June 3 1862), George M Flournoy (June 3 1862-July 8 1862), Xavier Blanchard Debray (July 8 1862-May 26 1865)
Sub-District of the Rio Grande February 25 1862-May 26 1865
Hamilton Prioleau Bee (February 25 1862-May 26 1865)
Eastern District of Texas February 10 1862-May 28 1862,
District of Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana May 26 1862-August 20 1862,
District of Texas August 20 1862-November 29 1862,
District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona November 29 1862-May 26 1865
Paul Octave Hébert (February 10 1862-October 10 1862 interim October 20 1862), John Bankhead Magruder (October 10 1862-November 27 1862), Hamilton Prioleau Bee (temporary November 27 1862-November 29 1862), John Bankhead Magruder (November 29 1862-August 4 1864 interim August 6 1864), John George Walker (August 4 1864-March 30 1865 interim April 4 1865), John Bankhead Magruder (March 30 1865-May 26 1865)
Eastern Sub-District of Western Texas May 28 1862-November 29 1862,
Eastern Sub-District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona November 29 1862-May 26 1865
Xavier Blanchard Debray (May 28 1862-February 13 1863), William Read Scurry (February 13 1863-May 30 1863), Xavier Blanchard Debray (temporary May 30 1863-June 10 1863), William Read Scurry (temporary June 10 1863-July 1 1863), Philip Noland Luckett (temporary July 1 1863-August 15 1863 interim August 16 1863), Henry Eustace McCulloch (August 15 1863-August 29 1863), Philip Noland Luckett temporary August 29 1863-November 23 1863), James Edwin Slaughter (November 23 1863-March 18 1864), William Steele (March 18 1864-May 26 1865)
First Sub-District of Texas October 15 1862-November 29 1862
Paul Octave Hébert (October 15 1862-November 29 1862)
Second Sub-District of Texas October 15 1862-November 29 1862
Vacant (October 15 1862-November 29 1862)
Third Sub-District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona May 30 1863-June 5 1863,
Northern Sub-District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona June 5 1863-May 26 1865
Smith Pyne Bankhead (May 30 1863-July 9 1863 interim August 29 1863), Henry Eustace McCulloch (July 9 1863-May 26 1865)
VIRGINIA & WEST VIRGINIA
Forces in Norfolk, Virginia April 18 1861-May 23 1861,
Department of Norfolk, Virginia May 23 1861-April 12 1862
William Booth Taliaferro (April 18 1861-April 26 1861), Walter Gwynn (April 26 1861-May 21 1861), Benjamin Huger (May 21 1861-May 23 1861), Jones Mitchell Withers (temporary May 23 1861-May 26 1861), Benjamin Huger (May 23 1861-April 12 1862)
Potomac Line April 22 1861-June 5 1861,
Department of Fredericksburg, Virginia June 5 1861-October 22 1861
Daniel Ruggles (April 22 1861-June 5 1861), Vacant (June 5 1861), Theophilus Hunter Holmes (June 6 1861-July 17 1861), Daniel Harvey Hill (July 17 1861-October 22 1861)
Forces in Richmond, Virginia April 26 1861-August 30 1862,
Department of Richmond, Virginia August 30 1862-April 6 1865
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (April 26 1861-May 8 1861), John Bankhead Magruder (May 8 1861-May 21 1861), Thomas Turner Fauntleroy (May 21 1861-August 30 1861), Charles Dimmock (August 30 1861-July 2 1862), Gustavus Woodson Smith (July 2 1862-December 12 1862), Arnold Elzey (December 12 1862-July 1 1863), Daniel Harvey Hill (temporary July 1 1863-July 13 1863), Robert Ransom (temporary July 13 1863-September 23 1863), Arnold Elzey (September 23 1863-February 26 1864), James Longstreet (temporary February 26 1864-April 24 1864), Robert Ransom (April 24 1864-June 13 1864), Richard Stoddert Ewell (June 13 1864-April 5 1865)
Department of Southwestern Virginia May 8 1861-November 25 1862,
Trans-Allegheny Department November 25 1862-September 27 1864,
Department of East Tennessee and West Virginia September 28 1864-April 19 1865
William Wing Loring (May 8 1861-October 16 1862), John Echols October 16 1862-November 10 1862 interim November 19 1862), John Stuart Williams (temporary November 10 1862-November 25 1862 interim December 10 1862), Samuel Jones (November 25 1862-February 26 1864), John Hunt Morgan (interim February 26 1864-March 1864, de facto March 5 1864-xxx, John Cabell Breckinridge (February 26 1864-May 23 1864 interim may 25 1864), William Edmondson Jones (May 23 1864-May 31 1864), George Bibb Crittenden (temporary May 31 1864-June 22 1864), John Hunt Morgan (temporary June 22 1864-August 22 1864), John Echols (temporary August 22 1864-September 17 1864 interim September 22 1864), John Cabell Breckinridge (September 17 1864-December 16 1864-February 20 1865), Jubal Anderson Early (February 20 1865-March 27 1865), Vacant (March 28 1865), John Echols (March 29 1865-April 19 1865)
Department of the Peninsula May 26 1861-April 12 1862,
John Bankhead Magruder (May 26 1861-May 31 1861), Daniel Harvey Hill (temporary May 31 1861-June 17 1861), John Bankhead Magruder (June 17 1861-April 12 1862)
District of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia July 4 1861-July 20 1861,
Valley District October 22 1861-April 9 1865
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (July 4 1861-July 20 1861), Thomas Jonathan Jackson (October 22 1861-September 6 1862), Daniel Harvey Hill (September 6 1862-December 29 1862), William Edmondson Jones (December 29 1862-April 26 1863), Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (April 26 1863-June 15 1863), Jubal Anderson Early (June 15 1863-July 8 1863), Gabriel Colvin Wharton (July 8 1863-July 21 1863 interim July 28 1863), John Daniel Imboden (July 21 1863-December 15 1863), Jubal Anderson Early (December 15 1863-March 27 1865), Vacant (March 28 1865), Lunsford Lindsay Lomax (March 29 1865-April 9 1865)
District of Aquia, Virginia July 18 1861-September 8 1862,
Richard M Cary (July 18 1861-July 19 1861), Daniel Ruggles (July 19 1861-August 20 1861), Vacant (August 21 1861-October 21 1861), Robert August Toombs (October 22 1861-March 22 1862 interim March 23 1862), Gustavus Woodson Smith (temporary March 23 1862-September 6 1862)
Department of Henrico, Virginia October 21 1861-March 5 1864
John Henry Winder (October 21 1861-March 5 1864)
District of the Potomac October 22 1861-January 29 1862
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (October 22 1861-January 29 1862)
District of Lewisburg, Virginia January 28 1862-May 8 1862
Henry Heth (January 27 1862-May 8 1862)
District of Abingdon, Virginia May 2 1862-January 7 1864
Humphrey Marshall (May 2 1862-May 9 1863), William Preston (May 9 1863-January 7 1864)
Department of Southern Virginia February 26 1863-May 28 1863
James Longstreet (February 26 1863-April 1 1863), Samuel Gibbs French (April 1 1863-May 28 1863)
First District of North Carolina and Southern Virginia May 10 1864-April 9 1865
William B Butler (temporary May 10 1864-June 1 1864), Henry Alexander Wise (May 10 1864-April 9 1865)
Second District of North Carolina and Southern Virginia May 25 1864-April 26 1865
John Henry Winder (May 25 1864-June 9 1864), Laurence Simmons Baker (June 9 1864-April 26 1865)
Defences of Petersburg, Virginia September 27 1864-October 1 1864
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (September 27 1864-October 1 1864)
TERRITORIES: INDIAN TERRITORY, ARIZONA TERRITORY, NEW MEXICO TERRITORY
Indian Territory May 13 1861-September 10 1861,
District of the Indian Territory September 10 1861-November 22 1861,
Department of the Indian Territory November 22 1861-May 26 1862,
District of the Indian Territory May 26 1862-May 26 1865
Benjamin McCulloch (May 13 1861-November 22 1861), Albert Pike (November 22 1861-January 20 1862, de facto January 20 1862-July 12 1862), Douglas Hancock Cooper (January 20 1862-May 26 1862), Albert Pike (de facto May 26 1862-November 3 1862), Douglas Hancock Cooper (May 26 1862-January 8 1862 interim October 3 1863), William Steele (January 8 1863-December 11 1863), Samuel Bell Maxey (December 11 1863-January 9 1864), Douglas Hancock Cooper (temporary January 9 1864-May 9 1864), Samuel Bell Maxey (May 9 1864-July 21 1864), Douglas Hancock Cooper (July 21 1864-February 21 1865), Samuel Bell Maxey (February 21 1865-March 1 1865), Douglas Hancock Cooper (March 1 1865-May 26 1865)
District of Arizona October 1 1861-November 29 1862
John Robert Baylor (October 1 1861-December 12 1861), Henry Hopkins Sibley (December 12 1861-November 29 1862)
Part 1d: List of major armies, in alphabetical order
ARMY OF MISSISSIPPI / ARMY OF TENNESSEE
Army of Central Kentucky September 18 1861-March 29 1862,
Army of Mississippi March 5 1862-November 20 1862,
Army of Tennessee November 20 1862-April 26 1865
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (March 5 1862-March 29 1862), Albert Sidney Johnston (March 29 1862-April 6 1862), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (April 6 1862-May 6 1862 interim May 7 1862), Braxton Bragg (temporary May 6 1862-June 26 1862, June 27 1862-July 6 1862), William Joseph Hardee (temporary July 6 1862-August 15 1862), Braxton Bragg (August 15 1862-September 28 1862), Leonidas Polk (temporary September 28 1862-November 4 1862), Simon Bolivar Buckner (September 18 1861-October 28 1861), Albert Sidney Johnston (October 28 1861-December 4 1861 interim December 5 1861), William Joseph Hardee (temporary December 4 1861-December 18 1861), Albert Sidney Johnston (December 18 1861-January 1 1862), William Joseph Hardee (January 1 1862-February 23 1862 interim February 27 1862), Albert Sidney Johnston (February 23 1862-March 29 1862), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (March 5 1862-March 29 1862), Albert Sidney Johnston (March 29 1862-April 6 1862), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (April 6 1862-May 6 1862 interim May 7 1862), Braxton Bragg (temporary May 6 1862-June 26 1862, June 27 1862-July 6 1862), William Joseph Hardee (temporary July 6 1862-August 15 1862), Braxton Bragg (August 15 1862-September 28 1862), Leonidas Polk (temporary September 28 1862-November 7 1862), Braxton Bragg (November 7 1862-December 2 1863), William Joseph Hardee (temporary December 2 1863-December 16 1863 interim December 22 1863), Leonidas Polk (interim December 22 1863-December 27 1863), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (December 16 1863-July 18 1864), John Bell Hood (July 18 1864-January 14 1865), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (temporary January 14 1865-January 23 1865), Richard Taylor (January 23 1865-February 22 1865), Daniel Harvey Hill (February 22 1865-February 27 1865), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 7 1865-March 16 1865), Alexander Peter Stewart (temporary March 16 1865-April 26 1865)
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC / ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Forces in Alexandria / Alexandria Line April 24 1861-May 24 1861,
Army of the Potomac May 24 1861-March 13 1862,
Army of Northern Virginia March 13 1862-April 9 1865
Philip St George Cocke (April 24 1861-May 21 1861), Milledge Luke Bonham (May 21 1861-May 31 1861 interim June 2 1861), Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 31 1861-July 20 1861 interim July 21 1861), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (July 21 1861-May 31 1862), Gustavus Woodson Smith (temporary May 31 1862-June 11 862), Robert Edward Lee (June 1 1862-April 9 1865)
ARMY OF THE SOUTH
Army of the South February 22 1865-April 9 1865
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 22 1865-April 9 1865)
SOUTHWEST ARMY / TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ARMY
Southwest Army September 28 1862-February 9 1863,
Trans-Mississippi Army February 9 1863-May 26 1865
William Joseph Hardee (August 3 1861-August 4 1861, Thomas Carmichael Hindman (September 28 1862-January 14 1863 interim January 17 1863), Edmund Kirby Smith (January 14 1863-April 19 1865), Simon Bolivar Buckner (temporary April 19 1865-April 22 1865), Edmund Kirby Smith (April 22 1865-May 26 1865)
Part 1e: List of minor armies and equivalents in alphabetical order, and corps in alphanumerical order
ARMY OF THE KANAWHA
Forces in the Kanawha Valley May 3 1861-June 6 1861,
Army of the Kanawha July 20 1861-September 25 1861
Christopher Quarles Tompkins (May 3 1861-June 6 1861), Henry Alexander Wise (July 20 1861-August 11 1861), John Buchanan Floyd (August 11 1861-September 25 1861)
ARMY OF LIBERATION
Army of Liberation June 23 1861-September 1 1861
Gideon Johnson Pillow (June 23 1861-September 1 1861)
ARMY OF MOBILE
Army of Mobile January 27 1862-June 27 1862
Jones Mitchell Withers (January 27 1862-February 5 1862), John Bordenave Villepigue (February 5 1862-March 11 1862), William L Powell (temporary March 11 1862-June 27 1862)
ARMY OF NEW MEXICO
Army of New Mexico December 14 1861-May 26 1862
Henry Hopkins Sibley (December 14 1861-May 26 1862)
ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST
Army of the Northwest June 8 1861-February 10 1862
Robert Selden Garnett (June 8 1861-July 13 1861), Henry Rootes Jackson (July 13 1861-July 20 1861), William Wing Loring (July 20 1861-January 26 1862), Edward Johnson (temporary January 26 1862-February 10 1862)
ARMY OF THE PENINSULA
Hampton Line May 21 1861-May 26 1861,
Army of the Peninsula May 26 1861-April 12 1862,
Centre Wing Northern Virginia March 13 1862-May 4 1862,
Reserve Northern Virginia May 4 1862-June 25 1862,
Magruder’s Command Northern Virginia June 25 1862-July 14 1862
John Bankhead Magruder (May 21 1861-May 31 1861), Daniel Harvey Hill (temporary May 31 1861-June 17 1861), John Bankhead Magruder (June 17 1861-April 12 1862), Daniel Harvey Hill (March 13 1862-May 4 1862) and John Bankhead Magruder (May 4 1862-July 14 1862)
ARMY OF PENSACOLA
Forces in Pensacola March 7 1861-October 7 1861,
Army of Pensacola October 22 1861-March 12 1862
Braxton Bragg (March 7 1861-October 7 1861, October 22 1861-January 27 1862), Samuel Jones (January 27 1862-March 8 1862), Thomas Marshall Jones (temporary March 8 1862-March 12 1862)
ARMY OF THE VALLEY
Forces in Harper’s Ferry April 2 1861-July 4 1861,
Army of the Shenandoah July 4 1861-July 20 1861,
Army of the Valley August 22 1861-June 25 1862,
Kenton Harper (April 2 1861-April 29 1861), Thomas Jonathan Jackson (April 29 1861-May 15 1861 interim May 24 1861), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (May 24 1861-July 20 1861) Thomas Jonathan Jackson (August 22 1861-June 25 1862)
I CORPS VALLEY
I Corps Valley June 27 1864-September 27 1864
Robert Emmett Rodes (June 27 1864-September 19 1864), Stephen Dodson Ramseur (temporary September 19 1864-September 27 1864)
II CORPS VALLEY
II Corps Valley June 27 1864-September 27 1864
John Cabell Breckinridge (June 27 1864-September 27 1864)
I CORPS MISSISSIPPI / TENNESSEE
First Grand Division Mississippi March 5 1862-March 29 1862,
I Corps Mississippi March 29 1862-August 15 1862,
Right Wing Mississippi August 15 1862-November 7 1862,
I Corps Mississippi November 7 1862-November 20 1862,
I Corps Tennessee November 20 1862-April 26 1865
Leonidas Polk (March 5 1862-October 24 1862), Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (October 24 1862-November 7 1862), Leonidas Polk (November 7 1862-November 20 1862), Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (interim November 20 1862-November 26 1862), Leonidas Polk (November 20 1862-September 29 1863) Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (temporary September 29 1863-October 23 1863), William Joseph Hardee (October 23 1863-December 2 1863), Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (December 2 1863-December 27 1863), William Joseph Hardee (December 27 1863-August 31 1864), Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (temporary August 31 1864-September 1 1864), William Joseph Hardee (September 1 1864-September 2 1864), Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (September 2 1864-September 28 1864), Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (September 28 864-February 23 1865), William Joseph Hardee (February 23 1865-March 16 1865), Daniel Harvey Hill (temporary March 16 1865-April 9 1865), William Joseph Hardee (April 9 1865-April 26 1865)
II CORPS MISSISSIPPI / TENNESSEE
Second Grand Division Mississippi March 5 1862-March 29 1862,
II Corps Mississippi March 29 1862-August 15 1862,
Left Wing Mississippi August 15 1862-November 7 1862,
II Corps Mississippi November 7 1862-November 20 1862,
II Corps Tennessee November 20 1862-April 26 1865
Braxton Bragg (March 5 1862-May 6 1862), Thomas Carmichael Hindman (temporary May 6 1862-June 2 1862), Samuel Jones (June 2 1862-August 15 1862), William Joseph Hardee (August 15 1862-William Joseph Hardee (November 20 1862-July 19 1863 interim July 24 1863), Daniel Harvey Hill (July 19 1863-October 15 1863), John Cabell Breckinridge (temporary October 15 1863-November 7 1863, November 8 1863-December 15 1863), Thomas Carmichael Hindman (December 15 1863-February 9 1864 interim February 28 1864), John Bell Hood (February 9 1864-July 18 1864), Carter Littlepage Stevenson (temporary July 18 1864-July 19 1864), Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (temporary July 19 1864-July 27 1864), Stephen Dill Lee (July 27 1864-December 17 1864), Carter Littlepage Stevenson (temporary December 17 1864-February 22 1865), Braxton Bragg (February 22 1865-April 9 1865), Stephen Dill Lee (April 9 1865-April 26 1865)
ARMY OF KENTUCKY / EAST TENNESSEE / III CORPS MISSISSIPPI / TENNESSEE
Army of Eastern Kentucky November 1 1861-March 8 1862,
Army of East Tennessee March 8 1862-August 16 1862,
Army of Kentucky August 16 1862-October 13 1862,
III Corps Mississippi Army of Kentucky October 13 1862-November 20 1862,
Smith’s Corps Tennessee November 20 1862-December 23 1862,
III Corps Tennessee July 23 1863-July 25 1863,
III Corps Tennessee July 25 1863-October 31 1863
Humphrey Marshall (November 1 1861-March 8 1862), Edmund Kirby Smith (March 8 1862-December 23 1862), Simon Bolivar Buckner (July 23 1863-July 25 1863. temporary July 25 1863-September 21 1863, September 3 1863-October 31 1863)
ARMY OF THE WEST / WEST TENNESSEE / ARMY OF MISSISSIPPI / III CORPS TENNESSEE
Forces in Missouri July 2 1861-August 4 1861,
Western Army August 4 1861-January 19 1862,
Army of the West January 19 1862-September 28 1862,
Army of West Tennessee September 28 1862-November 24 1862,
I Corps Mississippi December 7 1862-May 20 1863,
Army of Mississippi July 30 1863-May 4 1864,
III Corps Tennessee May 4 1864-April 26 1865
Benjamin McCulloch (July 2 1861-January 19 1862 interim March 4 1862), Earl Van Dorn (January 19 1862-June 20 1862 interim June 25 1862), John Porter McCown (temporary June 20 1862-June 26 1862), Dabney Herndon Maury (June 26 1862-July 6 1862), Sterling Price (July 6 1862-September 28 1862), Earl Van Dorn (September 28 1862-November 24 1862), John Clifford Pemberton (December 7 1862-December 9 1862), Earl Van Dorn (temporary December 9 1862-December 17 1862, December 7 1862-December 15 1862), William Wing Loring (temporary December 15 1862-May 20 1863), William Joseph Hardee (July 30 1863-October 23 1863), Leonidas Polk (October 23 1863-June 14 1864), Alexander Peter Stewart (temporary June 14 1864), William Wing Loring (temporary June 14 1864-July 29 1864), Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (temporary July 29 1864-August 15 1864), Alexander Peter Stewart (temporary August 15 1864-February 21 1865, February 22 1865-March 16 1865), Edward Cary Walthall (temporary March 16 1865-April 9 1865), Alexander Peter Stewart (April 9 1865-April 26 1865)
RESERVE CORPS / II CORPS / ARMY OF MISSISSIPPI
Reserve Corps Mississippi March 5 1862-November 20 1862,
Army of Mississippi December 7 1862-July 4 1863,
II Corps Mississippi December 7 1862-February 28 1863,
Reserve Corps Tennessee August 23 1863-November 4 1863
George Bibb Crittenden (March 6 1862-March 31 1862 interim April 6 1862), John Cabell Breckinridge (temporary March 31 1862-April 5 1862, April 6 1862-June 30 1862), Jones Mitchell Withers (temporary June 30 1862-July 3 1862), John Cabell Breckinridge (July 3 1862-August 5 1862), Jones Mitchell Withers (August 5 1862-November 20 1862), II Corps Mississippi Sterling Price (December 7 1862-February 28 1863) and Army of Mississippi John Clifford Pemberton (December 17 1862-July 4 1863), William Henry Talbot Walker (August 23 1863-November 4 1863)
ARMY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
III Corps Mississippi March 29 1862-August 15 1862,
Army of Middle Tennessee October 28 1862-November 20 1862
William Joseph Hardee (March 29 1862-August 15 1862), John Cabell Breckinridge (October 28 1862-November 20 1862)
I CORPS NORTHERN VIRGINIA
I Corps Potomac September 25 1861-March 13 1862,
Right Wing Northern Virginia March 13 1862-June 25 1862,
Longstreet’s Command Northern Virginia June 25 1862-July 16 1862,
Longstreet’s Right Wing Northern Virginia July 16 1862-September 4 1862,
Longstreet’s Command Northern Virginia September 4 1862-November 6 1862,
I Corps Northern Virginia November 6 1862-September 9 1863,
I Corps Northern Virginia (Tennessee) September 9 1863-December 3 1863,
I Corps Northern Virginia December 3 1863-April 9 1865
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (September 25 1861-October 4 1861), Earl Van Dorn (October 4 1861-January 10 1862), James Longstreet (January 10 1862-September 18 1863), John Bell Hood (temporary September 18 1863-September 20 1863), Lafayette McLaws (temporary September 20 1863-April 7 1864), James Longstreet (April 7 1864-May 6 1864), Charles William Field (May 6 1864-May 7 1864), Richard Heron Anderson (May 7 1864-October 17 1864), James Longstreet (October 17 1864-April 9 1865)
II CORPS NORTHERN VIRGINIA / ARMY OF THE VALLEY
II Corps Potomac September 25 1861-March 13 1862,
Left Wing Northern Virginia March 13 1862-June 25 1862,
Jackson’s Command Northern Virginia June 25 1862-July 16 1862,
Jackson’s Left Wing Northern Virginia July 16 1862–September 4 1862,
Jackson’s Command Northern Virginia September 4 1862-November 6 1862,
II Corps Northern Virginia November 6 1862-June 12 1864,
Army of the Valley June 12 1864-September 27 1864,
II Corps Northern Virginia September 27 1864-April 9 1865
Gustavus Woodson Smith (September 25 1861-June 25 1862), Thomas Jonathan Jackson (June 25 1862-May 2 1863), Ambrose Powell Hill (temporary May 2 1863), Robert Emmett Rodes (temporary May 2 1863, James Ewell Brown Stuart (temporary May 2 1863-May 6 1863), Ambrose Powell Hill (temporary May 6 1863-7 1863 interim May 10 1863), Jubal Anderson Early (temporary May 10 1863-May 30 1863), Richard Stoddert Ewell (May 7 1863-December 4 1863-November 15 1863), Jubal Anderson Early (temporary November 15 1863-June 12 1864)December 4 1863), Richard Stoddert Ewell (December 4 1863-May 29 1864), Jubal Anderson Early (temporary May 29 1864-June 3 1864, June 4 1864-December 9 1864), John Brown Gordon (December 9 1864-April 9 1865)
III CORPS NORTHERN VIRGINIA
III Corps Northern Virginia May 30 1863-April 2 1865
Ambrose Powell Hill (May 30 1863-May 8 1864), Jubal Anderson Early (temporary May 8 1864-May 21 1864), Ambrose Powell Hill (May 21 1864-April 2 1865)
IV CORPS NORTHERN VIRGINIA
IV Corps Northern Virginia October 19 1864-April 8 1865
Richard Heron Anderson (October 17 1864-April 8 1865)
RIGHT WING TENNESSEE
Right Wing Tennessee September 19 1863-September 21 1863
James Longstreet (September 19 1863-September 21 1863)
LEFT WING TENNESSEE
Left Wing Tennessee September 19 1863-September 21 1863
Leonidas Polk (September 19 1863-September 21 1863)
I CORPS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI (BUCKNER’S)
Forces in Arkansas May 11 1862-May 26 1862,
I Corps Trans-Mississippi September 28 1862-January 30 1863, August 4 1864-March 31 1865
John Selden Roane (May 11 1862-May 26 1862), Vacant (September 28 1862-January 30 1863), Simon Bolivar Buckner (August 4 1864-March 31 1865)
II CORPS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI (MAGRUDER’S)
II Corps Trans-Mississippi August 4 1864-March 31 1865
John Bankhead Magruder (August 4 1864-March 31 1865)
III CORPS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI (WALKER’S)
III Corps Trans-Mississippi August 4 1864-March 31 1865
John George Walker (August 4 1864-March 31 1865)
RESERVE CORPS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI
Reserve Forces of Texas June 24 1864-September 10 1864,
Reserve Corps Trans-Mississippi September 10 1864-May 26 1865
Jerome Bonaparte Robertson (June 24 1864-September 12 1864), Thomas Pleasant Dockery (September 12 1864-March 27 1865), Elkanah Brackin Greer (March 27 1865-May 26 1865)
CAVALRY CORPS TENNESSEE
Cavalry Corps Tennessee March 16 1863-February 22 1865
Earl Van Dorn (March 16 1863-May 7 163), George Blake Cosby (May 7 1863-May 8 1863), William Hicks Jackson (May 8 1863-July 18 1863), Joseph Wheeler (July 18 1863-November 24 1863), William Thompson Martin (temporary November 24 1863-December 2 1863), Joseph Wheeler (December 2 1863-November 15 1864), Nathan Bedford Forrest (temporary November 15 1864-February 22 1865)
CAVALRY CORPS NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Cavalry Corps Northern Virginia May 30 1863-May 12 1864
James Ewell Brown Stuart (May 30 1863-May 12 1864)
CAVALRY CORPS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI
Army of Missouri September 8 1864-December 12 1864,
Cavalry Corps Trans-Mississippi December 3 1864-March 12 1865
Sterling Price (September 8 1864-December 3 1864), John Bullock Clark (December 3 1864-December 12 1864), Sterling Price (December 3 1864-March 12 1865)
RESERVE FORCES
Reserve Forces of Alabama April 30 1864-May 4 1865
Jones Mitchell Withers (April 20 1864-May 4 1865
Reserve Forces of Florida April 30 1864-May 10 1865
John King Jackson (April 30 1864-September 8 1864), William Miller (September 8 1864-May 10 1865)
Reserve Forces of Georgia March 30 1864-April 26 1865
Thomas Howell Cobb (March 30 1864-April 20 1865), Vacant (April 20 1865-April 26 1865)
Reserve Forces of Mississippi July 23 1864-May 4 1865
William Lindsay Brandon (July 23 1864-May 4 1865)
Reserve Forces of North Carolina April 18 1864-April 26 1865
Theophilus Hunter Holmes (April 18 1864-April 26 1865)
Reserve Forces of South Carolina April 30 1864-May 10 1865
James Chesnut (April 30 1864-April 25 1865), Vacant (April 26 1865-May 10 1865)
Reserve Forces of Tennessee September 21 1864-May 4 1865
John Cabell Breckinridge (September 1 1864-May 4 1865)
Reserve Forces of Virginia April 30 1864-April 5 1865
James Lawson Kemper (April 30 1864-April 5 1865)
